# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1203&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1204 --- ## [Do you believe in spiritual experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-spiritual-experiences/318744)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-in-spiritual-experiences/318744 "2005-09-07T12:25:27Z")
You know, religious epiphanies, revelations, dawnings. Do you think they’re for real? --- ## [What gives with "bully culture"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-bully-culture/779762)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-bully-culture/779762 "2017-02-20T10:29:33Z")
Is bullying worse now than it used to be? Are we less tough now than we used to be? I’m not sure I understand what’s going on with this problem. I was raised to be in trouble if I didn’t stand up for myself and I wouldn’… --- ## [Fred Thompson to announce his candidacy for POTUS September 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-thompson-to-announce-his-candidacy-for-potus-september-6/417582)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-thompson-to-announce-his-candidacy-for-potus-september-6/417582 "2007-09-20T02:04:00Z")
Story here. Does this matter? In terms of political/intellectual/moral heft, Fred Thompson is considerably less than a hole in the air. OTOH, compared to the other announced Pub candidates for president, such as they … --- ## [I've got a couple hundred refugees from Gor to resettle. Where shall I place them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-couple-hundred-refugees-from-gor-to-resettle-where-shall-i-place-them/557688)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-couple-hundred-refugees-from-gor-to-resettle-where-shall-i-place-them/557688 "2010-10-22T23:21:16Z")
During a recent cross-time raiding trip to acquire nude picture of Mary Ann Summers, I sneezed while setting the verniers on my Burroughs-Libby continua buggy and wound up in the wrong universe. Specifically I found myse… --- ## [How long for muscle mass to decrease when not working out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-muscle-mass-to-decrease-when-not-working-out/623642)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-muscle-mass-to-decrease-when-not-working-out/623642 "2012-06-03T01:19:15Z")
I know that muscles atrophy if not used, but I’m wondering if anyone has really quantified how long it takes for muscle mass to decrease when a workout regimen is stopped. I’m observing something really counterintuitive… --- ## [How many people would go see a movie made by Ann Coulter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-would-go-see-a-movie-made-by-ann-coulter/253422)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-would-go-see-a-movie-made-by-ann-coulter/253422 "2004-07-08T22:00:09Z")
I will definitely try to see Moore’s movie, and I think the more see it the better for America. However, I must say that I would NEVER go see a movie by Ann Coulter (or Rush, or Hannity, or …). No matter how many awards… --- ## [Will I damage my hearing if a loud fan is constantly running in the background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-damage-my-hearing-if-a-loud-fan-is-constantly-running-in-the-background/591261)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-damage-my-hearing-if-a-loud-fan-is-constantly-running-in-the-background/591261 "2011-08-03T16:53:23Z")
I have a large industrial quality “Patton” brand fan aimed away from me, running on high about 10 feet away from my chair for the several hours a day I horse around on the net. I use it use to push room air out a screene… --- ## [Koke Lor: Erotic Khmer Art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koke-lor-erotic-khmer-art/480880)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koke-lor-erotic-khmer-art/480880 "2009-02-02T05:39:30Z")
Koke Lor is a Cambodian-American artist who has taken the traditional bare-breasted apsaras that one sees carved into the temple ruins of, say, Angkor Wat and hundreds of other temples dotted around Cambodia, added a das… --- ## [GOP Nominee in 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-nominee-in-2016/640844)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-nominee-in-2016/640844 "2012-11-15T03:24:49Z")
Who’s going to be the GOP nominee in 2016? --- ## [Recommend books on the Falklands War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-on-the-falklands-war/604297)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-on-the-falklands-war/604297 "2018-10-09T01:59:21Z")
I just saw a rivetting documentary about the HMS Coventry in The Falklands War. I realised watching it that it’s a conflict I know very little about and would be interested to read a book about. Can anyone here recommend… --- ## [Why is it that people hate sandals with socks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-people-hate-sandals-with-socks/807214)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-that-people-hate-sandals-with-socks/807214 "2018-05-07T17:21:33Z")
It’s practically proverbial that sandals with socks are a Bad Thing. and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I have very heat-sensitive feet, so I can’t wear closed-toed shoes except in extremely cold weather. T… --- ## [When a kid is terminally ill how much say should a parent have in prolonging the life of the kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-kid-is-terminally-ill-how-much-say-should-a-parent-have-in-prolonging-the-life-of-the-kid/574883)
**Author:** [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-kid-is-terminally-ill-how-much-say-should-a-parent-have-in-prolonging-the-life-of-the-kid/574883 "2011-03-31T17:21:39Z")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110314/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_canadian\_boy\_end\_of\_life\_dispute (and don’t judge. I usually don’t read Yahoo! News, as I think it’s got really shoddy journalism, but this case caught my eye) Quite f… --- ## [Star Trek and Relativity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-and-relativity/501386)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-and-relativity/501386 "2009-07-02T02:35:17Z")
Could be that I just don’t have enough science mojo to grok the obvious answer, however, I seem to almost recall something about people travelling at light speed or faster should age slower than people that aren’t moving… --- ## [I love the Aubrey/Maturin series. Would I like Horatio Hornblower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-aubrey-maturin-series-would-i-like-horatio-hornblower/370594)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-aubrey-maturin-series-would-i-like-horatio-hornblower/370594 "2006-08-31T21:22:27Z")
If I’m not mistaken, there are a series of books written about the character Horatio Hornblower. Having blown through the Aubrey/Maturin series twice now, and feeling let down each time they came to an end, I was wonder… --- ## [9/11 - simple questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-simple-questions/584287)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-simple-questions/584287 "2011-06-23T19:29:23Z")
I just finished watching World Trade Center, the movie by Oliver Stone. Don’t waste your time with it but here are a few questions. How many people died in the disaster? How many bodies were recovered? What other nota… --- ## [msblast.exe WTF?!?!?!?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msblast-exe-wtf/194466)
**Author:** [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msblast-exe-wtf/194466 "2003-08-17T20:46:55Z")
OK, so about 40 minutes ago, my connection was really slow. I stupidly shut down Zone Alarm :smack: and about 3 minutes later, my whole system shut down, I’m running XP Pro, and my system only shut down like that once be… --- ## [My wife died this afternoon!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-this-afternoon/251939)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-died-this-afternoon/251939 "2004-06-29T04:30:00Z")
Last night, I had to call the ambulance to come get my wife. She had been sick for two or three weeks and last night it got really bad. I saw her at the hospital last night and she could barely acknowledge I was there.… --- ## [My co-worker might be involved in art smuggling - what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-might-be-involved-in-art-smuggling-what-should-i-do/662269)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-co-worker-might-be-involved-in-art-smuggling-what-should-i-do/662269 "2015-06-02T23:41:43Z")
Last night, I was in the breakroom at work, on lunch break with about fifteen other people and overheard a conversation several of them were taking part in. One of my coworkers (let’s call him Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo)… --- ## [Why was the Air Campaign against Japan so successful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-air-campaign-against-japan-so-successful/585843)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-air-campaign-against-japan-so-successful/585843 "2011-06-23T09:44:10Z")
Unlike Europe where something like 150,000 airmen died and it did not have a war winning effect, the campaign against Japan was a major success, it destroyed most major Japanese cities, levelled their industry and in the… --- ## [Have You Pledged to Serve Jimmy Joe Meager Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-pledged-to-serve-jimmy-joe-meager-today/509394)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-pledged-to-serve-jimmy-joe-meager-today/509394 "2009-09-11T14:34:05Z")
Hey Jimmy, come on down. I’m starting this thread because I would like to implore you to cease your trolling, it’s really quite tiresome. You behave like a child and simply resort to name calling and taunting. All tha… --- ## [Looking at the puzzle box top: cheating or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-puzzle-box-top-cheating-or-not/258658)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-puzzle-box-top-cheating-or-not/258658 "2004-08-10T06:16:10Z")
Just returned from vacation where my brother and I had the same argument we do every year. When doing jigsaw puzzles, I like to look at the box and if, for example, I see pink and I know the bats are pink and located up… --- ## [Why is population decrease a bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-population-decrease-a-bad-thing/164759)
**Author:** [@mooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mooka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-population-decrease-a-bad-thing/164759 "2003-03-28T21:06:37Z")
According to this article: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993558 The EU’s population momentum has switched from positive to negative. Even if fertility rates rose to reach replacement level, the popu… --- ## [How Is Legalizing Marijuana...Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-legalizing-marijuana-legal/974218)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-legalizing-marijuana-legal/974218 "2023-09-03T17:56:08Z")
US Dopers: Many States have legalized OR are considering legalizing the use of marijuana in one form of another for medicinal or recreational use. Maybe everything I was taught in school was wrong, but I thought no State… --- ## [Most Tea Party Supporters Say Their Taxes Are Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tea-party-supporters-say-their-taxes-are-fair/536112)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tea-party-supporters-say-their-taxes-are-fair/536112 "2010-04-15T02:48:30Z")
A CBS poll of those who support the Tea Party movement reveals that 52% of respondents feel their taxes are fair. So who is the “cut taxes” theme at their rallies appealing to? Are they out of touch? Does this bode poor… --- ## [American Patriotism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-patriotism/398402)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-patriotism/398402 "2007-04-13T03:27:15Z")
I once had Americans pegged as the most patriot people on the planet, now I’m none to sure. Constant GWB bashing, criticism of your Govt. and armed forces, persons on this board who appear to hate the country of their b… --- ## [What good does No Child Left Behind do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-does-no-child-left-behind-do/647291)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-does-no-child-left-behind-do/647291 "2013-01-28T17:37:38Z")
I am told that this is an un- or underfunded mandate that is placing a huge burden on the states and I don’t know that it has improved the education of children. However, I don’t have enough facts to form a good opinion… --- ## [Why can't we use 911 for police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-use-911-for-police/616153)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-use-911-for-police/616153 "2012-03-22T18:23:29Z")
The person who answered 911 told us we can’t use 911 for police, only for ambulance and fire. They gave us a regular 10 digit number to call for police. When we called that, they confirmed we can’t use 911 for police, so… --- ## [Funny Moments in Far-Flung Futures in Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-moments-in-far-flung-futures-in-fiction/553414)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-moments-in-far-flung-futures-in-fiction/553414 "2011-02-27T23:36:58Z")
Yes, another “har har, look what they got wrong about the future” thread. I’m slogging through The Passage by Justin Cronin (this year’s serious vampire book du jour) and he actually slips in a bunch of crazy little mis… --- ## [Disappointed with tonight's Letterman show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointed-with-tonights-letterman-show/613611 "2012-02-25T18:01:31Z")
To start off with, I don’t know how to “cite” so anybody requiring hard-core facts is going to have to go fish. This is a place where I can vent. Alec Baldwin was Dave’s quest. (Both people I would think of as being i… --- ## [TV series that ended oddly. Have you changed your mind about these final episodes over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-ended-oddly-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-these-final-episodes-over-time/663430)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-ended-oddly-have-you-changed-your-mind-about-these-final-episodes-over-time/663430 "2013-07-22T12:41:49Z")
The Sopranos, Battleship Galactica, Seinfeld, Lost etc. are among some long running TV shows that had controversial endings. If the ending of a show you liked left you initially confused or dissatisfied, has the distance… --- ## [Cliche cutesy-isms that set your teeth on edge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliche-cutesy-isms-that-set-your-teeth-on-edge/231162 "2004-03-02T06:13:07Z")
I overreact cringeingly when I come across the following usages in Dope threads: \[ul\]\[li\]penned instead of written\[/li\]\[li\]anyhoo\[/li\]\[li\]stepped foot rather than set foot\[/li\]\[li\]any quote from The Princess Bride\[/ul\]\[… --- ## [A cure for flatulence...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cure-for-flatulence/143485)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cure-for-flatulence/143485 "2003-07-27T14:07:10Z")
Fire. No, seriously. Friend of mine – call him Bob – guy with no shame at all, got a bunch of flak once because of his stinkies. In the process of ranking him out about it, someone – it might have been me – said, “Ligh… --- ## [Bank of America bugging me for information when I log in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-bugging-me-for-information-when-i-log-in/800258)
**Author:** [@Troy\_McClure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-america-bugging-me-for-information-when-i-log-in/800258 "2018-02-25T17:20:53Z")
Hi Dopers, Lately when I log into my BoA credit card account they’ve been presenting a pop-up asking me to verify my information, which then takes me to a screen where they ask 1) if I have dual citizenship, 2) occupat… --- ## [Favourite 'Naked Gun' style movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-naked-gun-style-movies/764970)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-naked-gun-style-movies/764970 "2016-09-17T01:08:55Z")
Yes, I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley. Anyway, now that’s out of the way, apart from the classic Airplane and Naked Gun movies what other examples in the genre would you recommend? Hot Shots part one and deux ar… --- ## [Is it just me? \[losing freedom in the USA--edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-losing-freedom-in-the-usa-edited-title/677864)
**Author:** [@Sudapissed247](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudapissed247)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-losing-freedom-in-the-usa-edited-title/677864 "2014-01-07T02:28:40Z")
every day we lose more of the freedom we as americans are supposed to be thankful for (the american dream) and please dont missunderstand i am not hateful nor angry that americans are slowly losing the status of we the p… --- ## [MOIST (heh)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moist-heh/445659 "2008-04-27T15:35:30Z")
MOIST! hahA! Moist! Moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist moist! he he he he…super moist! Dang, the word even sounds moist. Y’know, I just asked 5 wimmin here that I work with what… --- ## [Will the GOP split into two parties within the next two Presidential cycles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-split-into-two-parties-within-the-next-two-presidential-cycles/670244)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-gop-split-into-two-parties-within-the-next-two-presidential-cycles/670244 "2013-10-15T01:03:30Z")
I have one very conservative friend, who is politically libertarian and personally fundamentalist, who expects and hopes such will happen. (His version is one that he believes would attrack a fair number of independents … --- ## [What is your keychain style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-keychain-style/683426)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-keychain-style/683426 "2014-03-19T08:22:46Z")
I am a function over form guy when it comes to chaining my keys. Simple split ringfor me. I have never used anything else. OTOH, I have seen people with more key chains/rings than keys. What’s your style? --- ## [Why is used furniture worthless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-used-furniture-worthless/667962)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-used-furniture-worthless/667962 "2018-08-15T21:47:28Z")
When I watch storage wars, finding a room full of furniture is usually considered a complete waste of time. If its antique or detailed, it might be worth a little, but usually far less than that same item retail. On top … --- ## [Jon Huntsman tweets with regard to evolution and global warming.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-huntsman-tweets-with-regard-to-evolution-and-global-warming/593228)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-huntsman-tweets-with-regard-to-evolution-and-global-warming/593228 "2011-08-29T10:30:49Z")
I…didn’t see that coming. I know he has no hope in hell of winning the nomination, but that would make me consider voting for him. --- ## [Israel vs Hezbollah...who won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-vs-hezbollah-who-won/368901)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-vs-hezbollah-who-won/368901 "2006-08-21T10:09:17Z")
For now the ceasefire seems to be holding. Obviously the ‘war’ was inconclusive. What this usually means (certainly in this case) is that everyone is claiming victory. What I’d like to see is some debate (actual debat… --- ## [Simpsons question: Why did Herb go bankrupt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-question-why-did-herb-go-bankrupt/572268)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-question-why-did-herb-go-bankrupt/572268 "2011-02-25T10:36:10Z")
In the episode “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”, Grandpa confesses to Homer that he’s got a long-lost half brother. Homer finds him and it turns out he’s a millionaire who owns a car manufacturer in Detroit. Herb asks Hom… --- ## [Costs of public workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costs-of-public-workers/619810)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costs-of-public-workers/619810 "2012-05-11T18:45:41Z")
The topic of government pay and public sector unions keeps coming up, but the threads usually devolve into shouting matches. I’m hoping that we can have a civil thread that looks at the actual facts about these issues. … --- ## [Telling an employer you're leaving, way ahead of time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-an-employer-youre-leaving-way-ahead-of-time/700775)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-an-employer-youre-leaving-way-ahead-of-time/700775 "2014-10-15T00:46:31Z")
I have a fear of giving any more than the customary “two weeks notice” to an employer, due to my dad having been fired twice when I was a kid for trying to do what he saw as “the right thing” and telling his employer he’… --- ## [Celebs with relatives in a different line of work but also well known](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-with-relatives-in-a-different-line-of-work-but-also-well-known/955319 "2021-12-20T14:41:26Z")
Here is one that is pretty well known : Amy Schumer and cousin Sen. Chuck Schumer Doug Fieger of the Knack and his brother Jeff Fieger a lawyer who ran for governor of Michigan and defended Dr. Kervorkian. Doug die… --- ## [Is Seth McFarland Setting Up an April Fool's Joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640 "2012-04-07T11:30:09Z")
Last night during Family Guy, a commercial played for a movie supposedly coming in July about a teddy bear coming to life. The movie is called Ted. The ad directed viewers to go to a website entitled “ted is real”. I p… --- ## [Why is there a crawfish living in my basement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-crawfish-living-in-my-basement/624545)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-crawfish-living-in-my-basement/624545 "2012-06-12T23:10:04Z")
Take a guess, yours is a good as mine! Background: I have an old house with a ratty old basement. It used to be just dirt floor, but at some point a previous owner skimmed an inch or two of concrete on the floor. The… --- ## [No Glee 4/27 thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-glee-4-27-thread/537613)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-glee-4-27-thread/537613 "2010-04-30T22:04:42Z")
I loved this ep. I loved all the songs. I loved Kristen Chenowith. I loved that Kurt and Mercedes actually got to sing their own numbers, rather than Rachel and Finn getting all the tunes. The hurt Kurt felt because his … --- ## [Should public schools be managed and taught by the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-public-schools-be-managed-and-taught-by-the-military/834552)
**Author:** [@chaidragonfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaidragonfire)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-public-schools-be-managed-and-taught-by-the-military/834552 "2019-06-14T21:44:20Z")
Since the 1980’s when all of this started, public schools have been constantly stripped of their powers, and made into nothing more than the tax-paid babysitting service it is today. Schools stripped of their power to m… --- ## [Pants-wetting airline passengers doing the terrorists' job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-wetting-airline-passengers-doing-the-terrorists-job/369430)
**Author:** [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-wetting-airline-passengers-doing-the-terrorists-job/369430 "2006-08-24T19:45:24Z")
Airline passengers are staging mutinies, refusing to board planes with passengers that look scary. I am gob-smacked at the sheer mindless panic exhibited here: Jesus Jumping Christ, I do that. I wear my jacket in the a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1202&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1204&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)